Gas-heater



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J. Y. PAR'KB. GAS HEATER.,

No. 506,932. Patented Oct. 17, 1893.

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JOHN Y. PARKE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAS-HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 506,932, dated October17, 1893.

Application filed May 31, 1892. Serial No. 434,996. (No model.)

To all whomv it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, JOHN Y. PARKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Heaters, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a gas heating device, which is adapted to beused in connection with a gas xture, and which may be attached theretoin a manner so as not to interfere with the gas burner, and so thateither the gas vburner or the heater, or both together can be used tofurnish illumination and heat.

The object of inyinvention is to provide a simple, cheap, and effectivedevice for accomplishing these results, and my invention consists in thevarious features of construction, arrangement, and mode of operation,substantially such as is hereinafter more particularly pointed out.

Referring to the vaccompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a side viewshowing a gas xture with my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2, is alongitudinal vertical section through the burner and heater; and Fig. 3,is a plan view of the preferred construction of heater.

It is often desirable to furnish a gas heater which may be used for manyand various purposes in domestic heating, as for warming food, heatingwater and the like, and which especially may be used in the night-time,and one of the objects of my invention is to provide such an attachmentwhich may be mounted on an ordinary gas fixture, and which will furnishheat without necessarily interfering with the gas burner also mounted onthe same fixture.

Referring to the drawings A, represents oneY section of an ordinary gasbracket provided with the burner B, having the usual tip B.

Connected to the body of the burner B, is a t pipe C, and this is shownas being provided with a block or head D, whichV is preferably hollow asshown in Fig. 2, and provided with a narrow opening d. Mounted on thishead is a tube E, provided with openings e, for the admission of theair, which mingling with the gas passing through the orifice d, willproduce an intense heating flame. This tube E,

rests upon anges onV the head D, and fits closely thereon, so as to beproperly supported thereby, although it may be removed when desired. 9

To the heater E, is attached a bracket or support which as shown iscomposed of a collar F, fitting closely over the tube E, and havingprojecting flange f to hold the same in position, and connected to thisbody portion are the arms or brackets G, which are shaped in any desiredmanner, so as to form a suitable support for a dish or vessel containingthe matter toy be heated. Mounted on this bracket is a platform orsupport H, which is shown in the form of a wire frame pivotallyconnected as at h, to one of the arms of the bracket G, and this can beswung into the position shown in Fig. 3, when the sides will bear uponthe other arms G, and form an enlarged support for the dish or vesselcontaining the matter to be heated. If preferred this platform orsupport can be swung down into the position shown in Fig. 1 out of theway. It will thus be seen that vessels of diiferent sizes can be readilysupported upon the heater E, or if it is not desired to heat anyparticular vessel, but simply to heat the room, the whole bracket andplatform may be removed, and the heat be transmitted to the surroundingair.

In order to support the heater and any vessel which may rest thereonwhen the bracket is bent in the position shown in Fig. l, the tube C mayrest upon the section A of the fixture, but when this is not convenientor desirable, I provide the tube with a hook or arm I, which may restupon the upper p01'- tion of the fixture A, and serve as a support forthe heater and its connections. In Order, also, that the end of the pipeC, which enters the illuminating burner shall not become weakened orloosened in its fastening,I give to such pipe an inward bend at C2, s0as to form a knee or elbow C3, for resting against the side of theburner and acting as a counter brace to relieve strain imposed upon thepipe by the weight of articles placed upon the bracket to be heated. Inconjunction with the hook I, this bend in the pipe serves a veryimportant function, as will be apparent.

In order that the burner and heater may be used at the same time, oreither of them used independent of the other, I provide a IOO three-waycock K, which has suitable means for operating it as an arm L andpendant M, and this arm is preferably provided with stops l, l', Z2 tolimit and determine the movement of the cock. While various forms ofcocks may be used, which will accomplish the purpose, I find that shownin Fig. 2 as specially applicable for the purpose,in which the stem ofthc cock K, is provided with an extension K projecting laterallytherefrom, and fitting the circular seat of the cock. In this recess orseat are the orifices 1, 2, 3, and it will be seen that by properlyturning the cock, the flow of the gas is permitted to the burner tipalone, to the heater alone, to both the tip and heater, or is entirelycut 0E frn both, and thus the heater may be used alone in the daytimewithout the burner, or in connection therewith when it is necessary ordesirable to furnish illumination as well as heat.

This whole device can be readily attached to any ordinary gas fixture,and furnishes a simple, cheap and effective device for the purpose, andone which in no way interferes with the ordinary functions of the gasburner, and the whole can be readily adj usted and used for the variouspurposes desired.

While I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention it isevident that the details of construction may be varied withoutdepartingfrom the spirit of my invention,

and I do not thereforelimit myself tothe precise construction shown.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with an ordinary gas fixture havingan illuminating burner, of a pipe connected to the burner and arrangedto rest on the fixture, a heating burner connected to one end of thepipe, and a three-way valve to control the ow of gas to the illuminatingburner, the heating burner, or both or to cut off the iow entirely,substantially as described.

2. The combination with a gas fixture and burner mounted thereon, of aheater, and a tube connecting said Vheater and burner and formed with akneebend to rest against the side of the latter, substantially asdescribed and for the'purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a gas fixture and burner mounted thereon, of aheater, a gas tube connecting said heater and burner and having aknee-bend to rest against the side of the burner, and a hook forsupporting the heater on the fixture, substantially as shown anddescribed.

4. The combination with a gas fixture and burner mountedl thereon, of aheater, a gas pipe or tube connecting said heater and burner, andbracing itself against the latter, and a valve to control the supply ofgas to the burner, the heater or both, substantially as described.

5. The combination with an ordinary gas fixture and an illuminatingburner mounted thereon, of a gas pipe or tube connected at one end tothe said burner, and bracing itself against the same independent of itsfastening, a heating burnerconnected to the opposite end of the pipe ortube, and a supportingbracket, mounted on the heating burner,substantially as described.

' 6. 'Ihe combination with an ordinary gas fixture and an illuminatingburner mounted thereon, of a heating burner, a gas pipe or tubeconnecting said burners, and formed with an elbow or knee to restagainst the side of the illuminating burner, a valve for controlling thesuppl7 of gas to the burn ers, either separately or both together, and asupporting bracket mounted on said heating burner, substantially asdescribed.

7. The combination with a gas fixture and burner mounted thereon, of aheater, a tube for supplying the heater with gas, and a hook forsupporting the heater on the fixture, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN Y. PARKE.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. ALLEN, F. M. HUTCHINSON.

